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ABOUT WAGSTAFF & CARTMELL

The cases we represent span the spectrum, from catastrophic physical injuries to complex business disputes. Our trial lawyers bring our talents and expertise to redress wrongs, seek justice and protect the futures of our clients. With more than 20 trial lawyers in the firm, Wagstaff & Cartmell welcomes every opportunity to try a case when it is right for our clients. In fact, we prepare every case for it.

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Practice Areas

Our litigation practice is sophisticated and leading edge. Rather than attempting to focus exclusively on plaintiffs’ cases or defense cases, we focus on getting results for clients in challenging, complex matters no matter what their needs may be.

MASS TORT DRUGS & PRODUCT LIABILITY PERSONAL INJURY COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CLASS ACTIONS   CRIMINAL DEFENSE  

Our Attorneys

Any outcome’s success depends on the cost and time it takes to get it. Clients hire Wagstaff & Cartmell to attain the best possible results quickly, efficiently, and at the least possible cost. We do that by placing substance over show—by valuing case preparation and strategy over legal puffery and distractions. After years of trying cases, we have an understanding and feel for what we need – and what will work.

THOMAS P. CARTMELL
MARC K. ERICKSON
JONATHAN P. KIEFFER
ERIC D. BARTON
BRIAN J. MADDEN
JEFFREY M. KUNTZ
TOM ROTTINGHAUS
TYLER W. HUDSON
BRANDON D. HENRY
THOMAS W. WAGSTAFF

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LATEST RESULTS

FOR PLAINTIFFS

  • Jeff Kuntz nets a $35 Million Verdict

    May 7, 2018

    After a nine day trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, a nine-member jury returned a $35 million verdict in favor of a northwest Indiana couple, Barbara and Anton Kaiser, for the injuries Barbara incurred from a Johnson & Johnson product, the Prolift transvaginal mesh.  The jurors found that ...

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  • WRONGFUL DEATH AWARD – $6.7 MILLION

    October 19, 2015

    At the conclusion of trial, Jon Kieffer, Vanessa Gross, and Adam Davis obtained a $6,723,021.00 damages award on behalf of the family of a young woman who had been killed in a two-vehicle collision.  The case was filed by the surviving husband on behalf of himself and their three young children. The defendants in the ...

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  • CLIENT WINS $5.7 MILLION IN TVT-ABBREVO VERDICT

    March 6, 2015

    A Bakersfield, Calif. jury returned a verdict awarding plaintiff Coleen M. Perry a total of $5.7 Million for damages as a result of a TVT-Abbrevo pelvic mesh sling device, manufactured by Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. According to court documents, the TVT-Abbrevo mid-urethral sling device, used to treat urinary incontinence had degraded and ...

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FOR DEFENDANTS

  • DEFENSE VERDICT IN WRONGFUL DEATH CASE WITH $1.95 MILLION PRETRIAL DEMAND

    July 25, 2016

    Brandon Henry and Tom Rottinghaus successfully defended our clients, a local surgeon and medical group, in a jury trial in Jackson County, Missouri, in which the plaintiffs asserted claims of medical malpractice and wrongful death and sought damages in the amount of $2,465,347.24. Plaintiffs claimed that our clients were negligent for failing to fully repair the patient’s long-standing, giant ...

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  • DEFENSE VERDICT – RUPTURED APPENDIX COMPLICATIONS

    August 27, 2013

    Jonathan Kieffer and Brandon Henry successfully defended a family practice physician in a five-day jury trial in Douglas County, Kansas, in which the plaintiff asserted a claim of medical negligence and sought $3.3 million in damages. The plaintiff claimed that our client was negligent by failing to appropriately work up and diagnose appendicitis during a visit to an urgent care ...

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  • DEFENSE VERDICT – POST-OP EPIDURAL HEMATOMA

    August 9, 2013

    Jonathan Kieffer and Brandon Henry successfully defended a local orthopedic surgeon in a six-day Johnson County, Kansas, jury trial in which the plaintiff asserted a claim of medical negligence and sought $2.8 million in damages relating to permanent paralysis in his lower extremities. The plaintiff claimed that our client failed to timely diagnose and evacuate an epidural hematoma that developed ...

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